Commonwealth of Learning (COL’s) regional centre,Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) is supporting Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India, in adopting Open Educational Resources (OER) for better teaching and learning. In this regard, CEMCA conducted a workshop on OER for the university teachers, followed by the development of institutional OER policy from 09 to 12 November 2022 at Vidyasagar University campus, located in West Medinipur District of West Bengal, India.
The objective of the workshopwas to support the teachers at Vidyasagar University in achieving conceptual clarity on the intricacies of OER, searching for OER, and creating OER content and also drafting theinstitutional OER policy for the University.
In total, 38 (20 Male and 18 Female) teachers participated in the workshop and 14 (10 Male and 3 Female) policy level staff (Registrar, Librarian, Deans, Heads of Departments, IT Professionals, Directors) were engaged indrafting the OER policy for the University.